My cat is a bit too tenacious in digging in his litter box. Not matter how clean it is, no matter how much litter is inside, he spends quite some time digging it, both before and after doing his business. This results in a complete mess, with considerable amount of the litter outside of the the b...

Our cats always used to make a mess, so we got this litter box. They still made some mess, but it was much smaller and we had a carpeted floor, so whatever spilled stuck next to the box and was easy to clean. We've recently moved, and have all hardwood floors, which causes this mess to spread...

Most pure bred dogs are prone to some breed-specific diseases. One example is hip dysplasia in Labrador Retrievers. Mixed breed dogs are said to be less prone to genetic diseases than pure breed dogs due to higher genetic diversity. Does this hold true for crossbred dogs, too? How likely are cro...

I have four ferrets but they don't all get along. Each pair of ferrets doesn't like the other. At the moment they have separate play times outside of the cage. They're also caged separately in case that wasn't clear. I've tried letting them fight it out to work out their dominance issues repeat...

One of our dogs is currently under very heavy medication (something similar to cortisone). Our vet who took this stuff herself during an illness described the side effects to be so exhausting it makes death seem the better option sometimes. A person however is capable of understanding the need of...

My parents have two dogs, both are quite old and ill. Chances are high that sooner or later the decision to put one of them to sleep has to be made. We want to make it as easy as possible for the other dog, so that it understands what we are doing. However we worry that the dog will develop a fe...